Late Industrial build que Wealth vs Dismissable units?

[Tim_Hobbit]

I don't know how to word a search for this, so will just pose the question, but first to setup the problem.

Normally, if I survive to the late industrial or eary modern age, my core cities run out of improvements to build. Now, if I am in a war there is no question, churn out the troops, but many times I am at peace. There are two options as I see it:

1) Set the build que to wealth or

2) Set it to an obsolete unit that can be build in 1 or 2 turns and then send the unit to a border town hurting from corruption, then dismiss the unit for about 1/4 the build shields. (if I remember right, 4 swordsmen will build a temple).

My question is, has anyone done the math to find out if it would be better to do wealth and hurry the improvement or build the units and dismiss them?

[alexman]

Facts:

• Wealth gives one gold for every four shields (one every eight before economics).
• Disbanding gives one shield for every four shields used to build the unit.
• Hurrying the improvement costs four gold for every shield remaining (twice that if there are no shields already in the box)

So Wealth+hurry gives you 1 shield for every 16 (32 before economics). Disbanding gives you 1 shield for every 4. This doesn't take into acount any rounding.

Conclusion: never build Wealth.

[Tim_Hobbit]

Alex:

Thank you for the quick concise responce. I have been avoiding wealth, but it was only a gut feeling.

Tim